Don’t worry, these panels are almost certainly there just to trick our eyes

October 9 is going to be a big day for Ferrari. That’s when Maranello will preview the electric powertrain for its first-ever EV, although the car itself won’t be unveiled until next year. Dubbed the Elettrica in inner circles, the new model is believed to be a crossover of sorts that slots below the Purosangue in terms of size. That detail is still unconfirmed, and Ferrari’s test mules have only deepened the mystery.

So far, prototypes have worn what looks like a Frankenstein blend of a Purosangue and Maserati Levante parts for the shell, making it impossible to pin down the final shape. Now, a fresh batch of spy shots has surfaced from Derek Photography on Instagram. This time, the heavily clad body looks completely different and gives the impression of a breadvan-style silhouette, or at least gives that impression through its thick camouflage.

Breadvan is the name often given to the one-off Ferrari 250 GT Berlinetta SWB. Built to race at Le Mans, it featured a very unconventional body with a roofline that carried all the way to the very end of the car. The French press of the day called it the “La Camionnette” (little van), and English-speaking journalists translated it as the Bread Van.

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It’s not hard to see the resemblance in the spy shots below. Just like that 250 GT SWB, this electric prototype shows a roof that runs flat to the rear bumper and a squared-off rear window with rounded corners. Before anyone gets too carried away, though, the final image in the set reveals the trickery of the disguise, exposing an angled rear window hiding beneath the cladding.

This is the only time that we’ve seen a prototype of this shape and size from Ferrari. Every other time that our spies have caught Ferrari testing their EV, it’s been far more curvaceous, albeit always in test mule form which is always deceiving. With the powertrain reveal coming next month, there’s hope Ferrari might also slip in a teaser of the car itself.

The Current Roadmap

Ferrari has certainly taken its sweet time bringing its EV to market. To the brand’s credit, the company said at the time that it would tell us about its first electric vehicle in 2025, and sure enough, we’re less than a month from that.

We expect Ferrari to begin customer deliveries around a year from now. Below are some spy shots we brought you back in May of another Ferrari EV test mule.

An older Ferrari test mule captured by our spy photographers earlier this year.